Lady Baltimore Cake
The Tinfully Family
makes three layers
Ingredients
- 1½ cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup butter
- 1 teaspoonful baking powder
- 1 teaspoonful almond extract
- Filling
- 1 cup raisins, chopped
- 1 cup English walnuts, broken up
- Icing
- 1½ cups sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 2 egg whites, well beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Method
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Add one egg at a time, beating vigorously.
- Add one-half the flour, then the water, and then the rest of the flour.
- When all are well mixed, add one teaspoonful of baking powder.
- This makes three layers.
- Flavor the cake with one teaspoonful of extract of almonds.
Filling
- Mix in boiled icing and spread between the cakes, saving enough plain for the top of the cake.
Icing
- Boil until syrup will spin.
- Pour in the whites of 2 eggs, well beaten.
- Beat the whites until it thickens.
- Put in the nuts and raisins.
- Color a delicate pink with vegetable coloring.
- Flavor the icing with one teaspoon of vanilla.
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